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Surah al-Furqan (The Criterion ) 25 : 38

وَعَادًا وَثَمُودَا۟ وَأَصْحَٰبَ ٱلرَّسِّ وَقُرُونًۢا بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ كَثِيرًا

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 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
And [We destroyed] ‘Aad and Thamūd and the companions of the well and many generations between them.

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(25:38:1)
waʿādan
And Ad
(25:38:2)
(25:38:3)
wa-aṣḥāba
and (the) dwellers
(25:38:4)
l-rasi
(of) Ar-rass
(25:38:5)
waqurūnan
and generations
(25:38:6)
bayna
between
(25:38:7)
(25:38:8)
kathīran
many

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Explanatory Note

The next verse groups together the `Ād, Thamūd and the people of al-Rass, as well as many generations in between. Al-Rass refers to a ground well which was not properly built. Its people, who lived in a village in Yamāmah, killed the Prophet sent to them. Al-Ţabarī, however, says that they are the ones mentioned in Sūrah 85, The Constellations, as having lit a fire in a great pit to burn all the believers. Whatever the truth of this, the fact remains that all these communities faced the same fate after they were given a clear message, proffering clear lessons. None heeded what they were told and none averted the terrible fate against which they were warned.

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It appears from its style and subject matter that like Surah 23: al-Mu’minun (The Believers) it was also revealed during the third stage of Prophethood at Makkah. Scholars and commentators if the Qur’an like Ibn Jarir and Imam Razi have cited a tradition of Dahhak bin Muzahim that this Surah was revealed eight years before Surah 4: an-Nisa’ (The Women).

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